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Pacman89
06-06-2012, 01:29
68 years ago 160000 allied troops invaded normandy and northern europe to preserve our rights and liberties from tyranny. Hopefully we all can pause for a moment today in rememberence of those who gave their lives in so that we may have our lives today!
Thanks to all our service men and women who give it their all 24/7 CHEERS[Beer]
"ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN FULL VICTORY."- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
...i Have Full Confidence In Your Courage, Devotion To Duty And Skill In Battle. We Will Accept Nothing Less Than Full Victory!
Good Luck! And Let Us All Beseech The Blessings Of Almighty God Upon This Great And Noble Undertaking.
[dc3]
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supposed to be a cool paratrooper smilie
Not many of that generation left.
Zombie Steve
06-06-2012, 06:43
It's just insane that we can ask that generation to jump behind enemy lines in Normandy and wade through the surf and Japanese fire at Tarawa, but two generations later, it's too much to ask people to buy health insurance for themselves.
They truly were the Greatest Generation. It' s humbling to even think about what they did this day 68 years ago...
BPTactical
06-06-2012, 06:49
Blessed be their souls and a [Beer] for those that are still with us.
Very well said Zombie Steve.
Worth a watch........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x8ifMPWP_g&feature=player_embedded
airborneranger
06-06-2012, 06:59
A little known fact is that the first Soldier to die in D-Day was a British Para taking Pegasus Bridge. True heroes.
Happy D-Day! If it was not for all the Brave who fought we might be speaking german today. Thank you and God Bless all of our Vets!
A little known fact is that the first Soldier to die in D-Day was a British Para taking Pegasus Bridge. True heroes.
there is a good book about Pegasus bridge and major howards group
68 years ago 160000 allied troops invaded normandy and northern europe to preserve our rights and liberties from tyranny. Hopefully we all can pause for a moment today in rememberence of those who gave their lives in so that we may have our lives today!
Thanks to all our service men and women who give it their all 24/7 CHEERS[Beer]
"ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN FULL VICTORY."- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Fixed... but message received! [Beer]
[Salute]
"Your boots can never be filled, but we'll do our best!"
God bless every man and woman that participated, and the millions more involved in supporting the war effort behind the lines and at home, both military and civilian! Both my parents were machinists in a shipyard during the war, but I lost relatives I never knew over there, and a few others that came home were never "right" again.
One uncle was a Ranger that was in Overlord, I wish I knew his stories of the war, but he couldn't talk about them. He buried himself in vodka after the war until he was barely alive, and that stuff pretty much made him a veggie for the rest of his days.
ghettodub
06-06-2012, 10:00
Day of remembrance for me, not only because of D Day, but because it's also my grandad's birthday; he was in the Pacific though. My other grandad flew over Europe and was shot down though.
God bless our troops past and present.
DD977GM2
06-06-2012, 10:50
Thank you to those who gave their all 68 years ago and during WWII and those who fought and are still fighting for our freedoms [Salute]
Pacman89
06-06-2012, 12:06
Fixed... but message received! [Beer]
[Salute]
"Your boots can never be filled, but we'll do our best!"
Oops poor math on my part. Thx[Beer]
I was there for the 60th. Very moving events all over Northern France. I hope to make it back again.
True heroes. Thanks for remembering drive in movies instead google.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/349227/20120606/opening-first-drive-theater-movies-google-doodle.htm
Speaking of this anniversary date of D-DAY check out an online Journal/diary of one of my grandfather's fellow Army Air Corp crewman.
My grandfather was a bomber pilot during WWII.
Very interesting read specially go down to June 3rd to the 5th were he mentions something ".....big is about to happen......"
http://homepage.mac.com/glhs/kirkdiary/kirkdiary.htm
Grandfather and Godather[my uncle] were driving landing craft throughout the Pacific.
Landing Marines all over.
Then were sent to England,,,well were the went then is History.
To all the Brave men and women,of the era,THANK YOU,,GOD BLESS
airborneranger
06-06-2012, 12:36
there is a good book about Pegasus bridge and major howards group
Great book! Pegasus Bridge. I have been there. It was truly an amazing event.
funkymonkey1111
06-06-2012, 12:38
there's a pretty interesting D-Day photo essay on the denver post's website.
http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2012/06/photos-d-day-june-6-1944/37067/
ruthabagah
06-06-2012, 12:41
We will shall never forget their sacrifice. Most of these young men never saw what they were fighting for. Each time I go back to europe I must stop to Normandy to pay tribute.
This year my oldest son will be in Colleville sur mer this week end. He will meet one of my friend who work for the ABMC in France. I have applied for a job there but I am waiting for a vacancy. It can take years....
funkymonkey1111
06-06-2012, 13:36
Speaking of this anniversary date of D-DAY check out an online Journal/diary of one of my grandfather's fellow Army Air Corp crewman.
My grandfather was a bomber pilot during WWII.
Very interesting read specially go down to June 3rd to the 5th were he mentions something ".....big is about to happen......"
http://homepage.mac.com/glhs/kirkdiary/kirkdiary.htm
that was great--thanks for posting
Speaking of this anniversary date of D-DAY check out an online Journal/diary of one of my grandfather's fellow Army Air Corp crewman.
My grandfather was a bomber pilot during WWII.
Very interesting read specially go down to June 3rd to the 5th were he mentions something ".....big is about to happen......"
http://homepage.mac.com/glhs/kirkdiary/kirkdiary.htm
that was great--thanks for posting
Read this one, (I will just post it in the thread)
Mission #19 – #115 Official Record
July 2, 1944 – Bomb Load: (24) 250lb. G.P. Bombs
Time of Flight: 4:30
We went after a power plant which supplies power to the buzzbomb installations. This was at Crepy, France, a little to the south of Pas De Calais. This was a G.H. (radar) mission where we drop bombs on a target we never see. on a mission like this, we usually feel a little safe from flak because the Germans cannot see us because of the cloud coverage. They had radar, of course, but we used chaff (which was nothing more than icicles of lead or aluminum that were packed in bundles; we threw these overboard and, when they dispersed, it filled the German radarscope with "snow.") However, this day we were getting hit and many near misses and from ground locations where flak was not supposed to be. We later found out that mobile flak batteries had been brought in. (These were mounted on trucks and could be moved on a day to day basis.) Next thing – why was the chaff not working? We later found that a German B-24 (one captured or rebuilt) had taken a position in our formation. He was flying about a quarter mile behind us – we thought he was one of ours or one of another group that was having trouble keeping up with the formation. He sat back and radioed to the ground batteries our direction, air speed, and altitude. That’s all you need to sight flak guns. Our fighter escorts realized something was wrong. When we approached the coast of France on the way home, this plane turned back to France. The fighters headed him off and turned him toward England again. Once more he turned back to France. When the fighters approached him again, he opened fire on them. They, in turn, shot him down. Don’t know bomb results on this mission. ............so the GERMANS used a captured B-24 and was flying behind them radioing in their position to the anti-aircraft guns on the ground. Fighter escort ended up shooting down the "Fake" B-24.
Makes you have to say our modern military needs to appreciate the advances in communications since WWII, soldiers back then had to be tough as nails. (not saying our modern troops are not tough, they are, but decades differences on fighting and equipment used changes the game)
KevDen2005
06-06-2012, 20:02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEIqdcHbc8I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
No, I still have no idea on how to imbed videos...but watch this one, it's a good Reagan speech.
And maybe this thread should have over a hundred posts of us talking about guns, military history, etc., instead of us complaining about the police every chance we get.
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